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1. ALACognotes
ISSUE 4 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE Monday, June 27, 2011
Daniel Ellsberg Exposes Truth
HigHligHts Behind War and Secrecy
Auditorium on false reports of an
unprovoked attack on
Speaker a U.S. warship and
which gave Congress
Series and President John-
son the needed reason
TODAY IN AUDITORIUM B for the war. Ellsberg
Brandon Sanderson and quoted Morse as say-
Nnedi Okorafor ing that if he had read
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. the Pentagon Papers
in 1964 and not 1971
Jeff Jarvis that “the Tonkin Gulf
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. resolution would nev-
er have gotten out
of committee; and if
it had been brought
to the floor, it would
By Brad Martin have been voted down.”
The London School of
LAC Group “Don’t do what I did,” Ells-
D
Economics Library aniel Ellsberg flashed berg said, “do what I wish I
8:30 a.m. the peace sign and was had done.”
greeted by a standing Ellsberg spoke at length
Not in Our Town: Light
ovation as he approached the about parallels between the
in the Darkness podium to present the “War and war in Vietnam and the cur-
9:00 a.m. Secrecy” program on Sunday. rent war in Afghanistan, noting
Ellsberg, who has been such things as both countries ALA President Roberta Stevens asks questions submitted by
Comic Book Literacy called “the most dangerous having corrupt, illegitimate the audience to Sue Gardner, Executive Director of Wikimedia
12:00 p.m. man in America” by Richard governments, open borders and Foundation, during the ALA President’s Program. Gardner
Nixon, released the Penta- terrain that made insurgency heads the non-profit charitable organization that operates
The Getty Research
gon Papers in 1971 and the much easier. He added that, Wikipedia and nine other free-knowledge wikis.
Institute Library top secrets documents were, » see page 25
1:30 p.m. ironically just declassified forty
Molly Shannon to Keynote Closing Session
years after being published.
Dreams Tracing the history of United
A
3:00 p.m. States involvement in South- uthor, actress and is one of the most recognizable and “Never Been Kissed,”
east Asia, the Pentagon Papers comedienne Molly female comedic actresses in and has been featured on
exposed the lies that had been
Exhibits responsible for the starting
Shannon will
serve as the Clos-
entertainment
through her
top-rated television shows,
including “Glee,” “30 Rock,”
Closing and escalating a war that ul-
timately cost 58,000 American
ing Session key -
note speaker at the
work on televi-
sion and in films.
“Scrubs,” “Seinfeld,” “Will
& Grace” and “The New
Reception lives, and the deaths of several
million Vietnamese.
American Library
Association’s (ALA)
The Emmy-
nominated ac-
Adventures of Old Chris-
tine.” However, her talents
Ellsberg said he regrets not Annual Conference tress is known extend beyond comedy. She
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. releasing the documents earlier from 9:00–10:00 a.m. for portraying recently starred in the hit
Exhibit Halls G, H, I, J because it would have made a Tuesday in Audito- exuberant char- Broadway show “Promises,
difference by exposing lies that rium B of the con- acters and be- Promises” and begins a new
Wrap Up Rev Up had been used to justify the vention center. came famous chapter as an author.
Party and Prizes war. He recalled a conversa- Shannon, whose for her roles on Be sure to attend this
tion with Senator Morse, one debut children’s book Tilly “Saturday Night Live.” She memorable presentation as
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. of only two senators who voted the Trickster will be pub- has appeared in numerous hit a way to end your confer-
Auditorium B against the Gulf of Tonkin lished in September 2011, movies, including “Superstar” ence experience.
Resolution, which was based
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PLA Recognizes Outstanding Librarians, Simon and Lippman Keynote
By Naomi Fosher its own terms, out in the neighborhoods
University of Rhode Island of New Orleans” and noted that for
During the PLA President’s Pro- “Treme” he had the idea for the show
gram and Awards Presentation on long before hurricane Katrina, but just
Sunday outstanding public librarians didn’t have the opportunity to bring
were recognized for their commitment it to fruition. Lippman, when asked
and service followed by keynote speak- about her work said that she finds the
ers, husband and wife, David Simon “suburbs more sinister than the cities.”
and Laura Lippman. Both discussed the mediums they
Simon a journalist, writer and TV work with and the differences. Simon
producer who is well known for the said, “TV is the most resonant way to
TV series: “The Wire,” “Generation quire narrative” and “books require
Kill” and “Treme,” and Lippman, an more of you. Books help you capture
author best known for her detective the interior voice of human beings, give
fiction which include titles like Balti- you the human subtext.”
more Blues and Another Thing to Fall, Lippman noted that she is going to
answered questions and discussed be holding a contest again, starting this
their work. August, where she will come to your
Simon discussed how his work library to speak on “her own dime.” To
focused on institutions and politics enter, write a compelling essay about
where as Lippman was most concerned your library’s needs. She said there will
with individual stories, memory and be more information to follow.
identity. Simon highlighted that it is The public librarians honored before
“important to experience the culture on » see page 26
Council I Holds First Meeting on Sunday Authors David Simon and Laura Lippman keynote the PLA President’s Program.
By Brad Martin dations were about “what and why and
LAC Group not about how.” This task force had
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Best Websites Help Students to Be Creative and Enjoy Learning
By Kacee Church country. The AASL reviewed hundreds great tool for managing and organizing, helps to bring traditional research into
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Technology is an integral part of are free and support the 21st Century pictures into their presentations. It mines websites for key information.
school life. This was evident at the learner. can also be used for concept mapping Kahn Academy offers educators thou-
standing room only presentation of The top websites were divided into and users can progress from node to sands of math, finance and history
the “American Association of School seven categories. Several winners were node like a frog jumping from lily pad videos. It started with tutoring videos
Libraries Top 25 Websites for Teaching interviewed prior to today’s awards to lily pad. being put on Youtube and soon went
and Learning,” on Sunday. The awards ceremony and these interviews were Educators interested in curriculum viral. Now teachers, parents, and stu-
ceremony included a panel of current shared during the presentation. One sharing can use websites like Yolink dents can log on to learn concepts in
and retired librarians from across the featured website was SpicyNodes, a Education and Kahn Academy. Yolink fun new ways. The Dashboard features
allow users to track their progress and
mastery.
Digital Storytelling winners include
PicLit and Zooburst. PicLit archives
hundreds of pictures and allows read-
ers to add text in a similar fashion to
refrigerator poetry. It’s also a great in-
Bookmobile troduction to writing poetry. The web-
Sunday has site is entertaining while still offering
children dancing users a great opportunity to improve
for joy on the their writing skills. Zooburst lets users
Exhibits floor. create their own 3D popup books. The
Mobile delivery audio recorder even lets authors record
services are voices for characters.
evolving to meet Students love social networking and
the needs of 21st You Are What You Read allows users
century patrons. to share their favorite books and build
relationships with other readers in the
community. Perhaps one of the most
useful features is that users can type
in the title of a favorite book and get
results of books with similar storylines
or themes.
Others include: Dipity, a content
collaboration website, offers users
free and interactive timelines; Digital
Vaults, which presents users with
endless United States historical topics
and themes; and Edistorm, a virtual
version of sticky notes.
The AASL will soon have this year’s
list uploaded to their website. The web-
site also has winners from the previous
two years, making it a great resource
for learning. For a complete list of the
2011 winners, visit www.ala.org/aasl/
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Women’s Status in the Library
And Writing Communities,
Conveyed in One Historic Collection
By Frederick J. Augustyn, Jr. Palmer made no mention of the more
The Library of Congress than 8,000 volumes housed in the
ALA’s Committee on the Status of building at its opening for she main-
Women in Librarianship (COSWL) on tained that domesticity was women’s
Sunday, sponsored Sarah Wadsworth, highest calling. The idea that women
Associate Professor of English at should not work outside the home
Marquette University who presented ironically disparaged their efforts and
a portion of the information contained made it possible to pay them much
in the new book she co-authored with less for the extramural employment
Wayne A. Wiegand, Emeritus Professor in which they were engaged. By the
at Florida State University. Columbian Exposition women already
Wadsworth discussed several topics constituted the majority of those em-
from Right Here I See My Own Books: ployed in American libraries, although
The Woman’s Building at the World’s originally librarianship had been a
Columbian Exposition—the opening largely male-staffed profession.
of the fair in May 1893; the nature The collection was a selective display
and reasons behind the collection in rather than a working or a comprehen-
Siva Vaidhyanathan disscusses Google as he delivers his Auditorium
the separate Woman’s Building (de- sive collection. Books were arranged by
Speaker Series presentation.
signed by Sophia Hayden); and how state and country; they were not just
themes of social, political, class, race by American women and they did not
and gender inclusion and exclusion all originate from the United States.
factored in. This first exhibit of books Of the over 8,000 titles, approximately
curated by women and representing 5,000 were from the U.S., mostly from
the work of women’s authors arguably New York, which responded more im-
had an affect on American society as pressively to the building of the collec-
a whole. The collection and the build- tion than most other states.
ing which housed it was a place for The Woman’s Building surprisingly
See Sunday’s Cognotes (http://www.alaannual.org/content/ women librarians to work, and a “port did not host the World’s Congress of
bookshelf) for a description of today’s five films, presented in of call” for organizations, such as the Women at the fair. Some of the pub-
Auditorium C: “The London School of Economics Library,” Young Women’s Christian Association lished authors in attendance for the
“Not in Our Town: Light in the Darkness,” “Comic Book Lit- (YMCA) and the Daughters of the Congress were represented in the collec-
eracy,” “The Getty Research Institute Library” and “Dreams.” American Revolution (DAR.) tion including some African-American
Chicago society doyenne Mrs. Potter women. It is not known, however,
whether the African-American women
visited the book exhibit. Racial tensions
of the time manifested themselves when
a statue of Harriet Beecher Stowe was
installed in the Building.
Contemporary women argued about
the nature and even the existence of
the book display. A large percentage
of it consisted of novels. Some women
did not favor the focus on temporal
rather than more spiritual efforts
and achievements. A few questioned
whether there should be a separate
display of women’s books at all rather
than having them included in a con-
solidated collection of works by men
and women. But the singularity of the
collection served to emphasize women’s
literary accomplishments.
The collection has since been dis-
persed, moving first to the Chicago
Public Library, then to Northwestern
University. Not all the bibliographic
records have survived. The extensive
annotations on card stock have largely
been lost although an approximately
100-page shelf list consisting just of the
authors’ last names and short titles of
their works exists.
Today’s Auditorium Speak-
ers include the Science Fiction/
Fantasy Panel featuring Brandon
Sanderson and Nnedi Okorafor,
10:30–11:30 a.m.; and Jeff Jar-
vis, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. See
Sunday’s issue of Cognotes (http://
www.alaannual.org/content/book-
shelf) for more information about
these speakers, or visit www.
alaannual.org.
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Your Library Matters—Make Sure
IRRT Announces Recipients of the 2011
Elected Officials Know with District Days
ALA Presidential Citations for Innovative
What are District Days? How Can You Participate?
International Library Projects While our elected representatives • Invite members of Congress through
International Relations Round cess for Visually Impaired People are working in Washington DC, YALSA their local office. Find out where
Table (IRRT) announced four re- project in Vietnam for forming col- members and their libraries are chang- that is and how to contact them at
cipients of the ALA Presidential laborations to expand services to ing lives and enhancing communities http://capwiz.com/ala/home/
Citations for Innovative Interna- the visually impaired to more than back home. Policy makers will not • Keep it simple: invite them to some-
tional Library Projects for 2011. 100 libraries and organizations, in- know all the good we do unless we tell thing you’re already doing, such as a
These awards recognize the follow- cluding launching a mobile library our story. District days – the time when summer reading celebration or back
ing exemplary services: and 11 mini-libraries and training our representatives are back in the to school open house.
The RISE Videoconferencing in countries including Laos, Cam- home district – are a great opportunity • Make sure your invitation includes
Network Alberta, Canada for pro- bodia, Kenya and Kazakhstan. to get to know elected officials and to information that encourages them
viding continuing education and Recipients will be recognized by help them understand our important to visit. Let the official know that
information services to more than ALA President Roberta Stevens at work so that they in turn will be more there will be a chance to meet with
500,000 people living in 89 munici- the 2011 International Librarians likely to support library friendly legis- voters and have his/her photo taken
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The E-Publication System Plat- 2007-2008. IRRT is a Round Table Why are they Important? • Don’t be discouraged if he or she
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AASL National Conference Community
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will have a chance to build community book discussion will culminate with computer. Our brains, the historical
In celebration of Major League
and network before touching down an opportunity for attendees to share and scientific evidence reveals, change
Baseball’s Opening Day, the
in Minneapolis this October 27-30 their thoughts with Nicholas Carr as in response to our experiences. The
American Library Association’s
thanks to the AASL 2011 Conference technologies we use to find, store, and
Campaign for America’s Libraries
Ning located at aasl11.ning.com. share information can reroute our
and the National Baseball Hall
“The AASL Ning is a virtual learn- The AASL11 Ning will be neural pathways. A preview of The
of Fame and Museum launched
ing commons where everyone can the premier conference Shallows is available via the AASL
the sixth season of Step Up to the
participate in conversations for learn- location to think, conference website, www.aasl11.org.
Plate @ your library on March 31.
ing and contribute to the conference The AASL 15th National Confer-
experience whether you are attending
create, share and grow ence and Exhibition, “Turning the
Step Up to the Plate @ your li-
with others from the brary teams up two American clas-
in person or following the conference Page,” is the only national confer-
school library sics—libraries and baseball—to
from afar,” said Buffy Hamilton, na- ence dedicated solely to the needs
promote libraries and librarians as
tional conference social media chair. profession nationally! of school librarians and their roles
essential information resources.
“The AASL11 Ning will be the premier as educational leaders. The AASL
The program encourages people
conference location to think, create, National Conference will feature
of all ages to use the print and elec-
share and grow with others from the he joins the One Book, One Conference preconferences, numerous concurrent
tronic resources available at their
school library profession nationally!” event onsite in Minneapolis on Friday, sessions, more than 200 exhibiting
library to answer a series of trivia
As part of the countdown to na- October 28, 2011. companies, educational and school
questions designed for their age
tional conference, AASL will host a In The Shallows, Carr asks the tours, a storytelling festival and spe-
group (10 and under; 11-13; 14-17;
10-week book discussion group on the question: “As we enjoy the Net’s cial appearances by award-winning
and 18 and over). This year, Step
One Book, One Conference read, The bounties, are we sacrificing our abil- authors. Registration is now open at a
Up to the Plate connects genera-
Shallows: What the Internet is Doing ity to read and think deeply?” Carr discounted “early bird” rate. For more
tions by exploring baseball’s more
to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr. Led then describes through-out the book information or to register, visit www.
than 150-year history through top-
by AASL President-Elect Carl Harvey, how human thought has been shaped aasl11.org.
ics like famous baseball families
and historical baseball franchises.
Public Libraries Have Opportunity to Discover the Earth Hundreds of baseball fans have
already tested their library skills
The American Library Association ties and Resources) Library Education ecosystem changes—as well as a global in the hopes of winning a grand-
(ALA) Public Programs Office, in part- Network (STAR_Net), a hands-on view of our changing planet. The pri- prize trip to the Hall of Fame in
nership with the National Center for learning program for libraries and mary message of the exhibition is that October 2011.
Interactive Learning at Space Science their communities. the global environment changes – and To get your library in the game
Institute, the Lunar and Planetary Discover Earth will tour from Janu- is changed by – the local environment and to gain access to a free online
Institute and the National Girls Col- ary 2012 to December 2013, visiting of all exhibition hosts’ communities. toolkit that includes program
laborative Project, announces a new each of the ten selected sites for a Interactive, multimedia displays will logos in both English and Span-
traveling exhibition opportunity for period of eight weeks. The exhibition allow exhibit visitors to interact with ish, a downloadable flier and
public libraries. Following a com- requires approximately 500-750 square digital information in a dynamic way, bookmarks, register at www.aty-
petitive application process, ten public feet of space for optimal display. Each encouraging new perspectives on our ourlibrary.org/baseball. Prizes are
libraries will be selected to host an site will be awarded a grant of $1,000 planet. available for librarians who send
interactive exhibition called Discover to support public programs related to For more information about the ALA in players’ completed playbooks.
Earth: A Century of Change. Online the exhibition. Each host library will be Public Programs Office, visit www.ala. New this year, Step Up to the
applications must be submitted to ALA asked to join a national Community of org/publicprograms. For more informa- Plate is housed on ALA’s public
by September 2 and can be found at Practice (CoP), accessible at http://com- tion about the National Center for In- awareness website, atyourlibrary.
www.ala.org/discoverearth. munity.discoverexhibits.org. For more teractive Learning at the Space Science org. All content on the site is
Discover Earth is made possible information about Discover Earth, Institute, visit www.spacescience.org. offered under a Creative Com-
through the support of the National STAR_Net and the CoP, visit www.ala. For more information about the Lunar mons license, allowing librarians
Science Foundation. The exhibition org/discoverearth. and Planetary Institute, visit www.lpi. to repurpose content for library
and its educational support materials The Discover Earth exhibition usra.edu. For more information about newsletters, websites and blogs.
and outreach opportunities are part of will focus on local earth science top- the National Girls Collaborative Proj-
the STAR (Science-Technology Activi- ics—such as weather, water cycle, and ect, visit www.ngcproject.org.
PLA Offers Popular Accidental
AASL Online Course Looks
Technology Trainer Online Course To Help Satisfy ‘Inquiring Minds’
The Public Library Association participants will know how to help
Inquiry and literacy—are they one and the same or complemen-
(PLA) is now accepting registra- others learn; will be able to incor-
tary processes. In this new four-week e-course presented by the
tions for a second session of the porate hands-on activities that
American Association of School Librarians (AASL) as part of its
very popular “Accidental Public Li- increase learning, participation
e-Academy, participants will explore different inquiry models and
brary Technology Trainer” course. and retention; will be able to orga-
how literacy can be instilled throughout. This self-paced course
This four-week blended learning nize, design and share workshop
running from July 11 through August 5 will be presented by Liz
course begins August 1, 2011 and materials to create a learning com-
Deskins and Christina Dorr. These experts will take attendees
is designed for library profession- munity; and will know best training
through understanding the purpose of and the evaluation inquiry
als who have unexpectedly found practices from other libraries and
models, choosing the best model that fits students, and the impor-
themselves responsible for technol- experienced trainers.
tance of reading and critical thinking skills in the inquiry process.
ogy training at their library. Pricing for the four-week “Ac-
Fees are $99 for AASL members; $149 for ALA members; $225 for
Librarian, author and trainer cidental Public Library Technology
non-members; $99 for retired AASL members; and $75 for student
Stephanie Gerding will guide par- Trainer” course is $129 for PLA
AASL members. Two graduate credits through the University of
ticipants through an interactive members, $159 for ALA members
Colorado, Denver will be available to students for an additional
combination of live webinars, in- and $179 for nonmembers. The
fee. For more information and to register, visit www.ala.org/aasl/
dependent assignments and online deadline to register for this course
eacademy.
discussions August 1–August 29. is July 27. Visit www.pla.org for
As a result of taking the course, complete details and registration.
15. Check us out at booth 3334!
A-Z List • Backsets • Document Delivery • eBooks • ERM • License Management
Link Resolver • Metadata • Search • Subscriptions • Usage Statistics • And More!
16. Page 16 • Cognotes Monday, June 27, 2011 • NEW ORLEANS
Nominate a Title for YALSA’s Newest Booklist, Readers’ Choice
YALSA launched its newest booklist Nominations are accepted online Patton, YALSA president. “This list title that receives 25 nominations will
this year: The YALSA Readers’ Choice at www.ala.org/yalsa/readerschoice in will offer a great amount of diversity, appear on the final Readers’ Choice
Booklist. Anyone—librarians, educa- the following seven categories: Horror/ with input from readers of all types— ballot, and YALSA members will vote
tors, parents, teens or teen lit fans—can Thriller; Mystery/Crime; Nonfiction; urban or rural, male or female, older for the top five books in each category
nominate a title for this list in seven Realistic Fiction; Romance; Science or younger—weighing on their favor- beginning in November, with the final
thematic categories through October Fiction/Fantasy; and Steampunk, a ite books. We want to make sure the Readers’ Choice list published the first
31 at www.ala.org/yalsa/readerschoice. wild card category for 2011 only, defined books on this list are on everyone’s week of December. YALSA will publish
as a literary mashup of science fiction, radar when it comes to advocating for nominees for the final ballot on the first
fantasy, and Victorian sensibilities. teen lit in libraries.” business day of each month.
Laura Bush Foundation “The new Readers’ Choice list of- To be eligible for the 2011 list, titles For more information about YALSA
fers more opportunities for member must fit into one of the seven categories or for lists of recommended reading,
Accepting Applications for engagement, and it also allows read- and must have been published between viewing and listening, go to www.
Gulf Coast School Library ers and lovers of teen publishing to November 1, 2010 and October 31, ala.org/yalsa/booklists, or contact the
Recovery Grants have a voice in recognizing popular 2011. Nominations will be accepted YALSA office by phone, 800-545-2433,
teen literature each year,” said Kim online through October 31, 2011. Any ext. 4390; or e-mail: yalsa@ala.org.
The Laura Bush Foundation is now
accepting applications for its Gulf
Coast School Library Recovery Initia-
tive from schools that were damaged
Free Online Advocacy Training with PLA’s Turning the Page 2.0
by storms during the 2005 hurricane Become your library’s strongest August 8 and runs through the week
season or that were created in response advocate when you register for The next available of September 12. Registration for
to those storms. Funds are available for Turning the Page 2.0, a free advo- session of Turning the this online course opens June 30.
library books and magazine subscrip- cacy training course developed and Page 2.0 begins the week The upcoming August-September
tions only. Grant funds cannot be ap- presented by the Public Library session will begin with an optional,
of August 8 and runs
plied to shelving, furniture, equipment, Association (PLA) with generous in-person kick-off on August 3 at the
support from The Bill & Melinda through the week Pacific Northwest Library Associa-
staffing, software, videos, guides, tests
or exams, classroom book sets or other Gates Foundation. of September 12. tion Annual Conference in Spokane,
similar items. Turning the Page 2.0 is a six- Washington. Registration for this
This final round of grants to be week blended learning program led create an Advocacy Work Plan kick-off event is free; however over-
awarded as part of this initiative by professional facilitators. (1-2 hours/week) all conference registration rates ap-
targets schools that have not previ- Each six-week session consists of: • Personalized facilitator feedback ply. Visit www.pnla.org for details.
ously received a grant and new schools • In-person kick-off (Attendance • Participants should expect to spend Participants must register for the
that have been built in the gulf coast is not required but is suggested.) about three hours per week on this in-person event separately from the
region. The application deadline is • Weekly interactive one-hour program. online portion of the program.
Friday, September 2, 2011, and the webinars The next available session of Turn- For more information about the
application can be found at www.lau- • Independent assignments to ing the Page 2.0 begins the week of program, please email ttp2@ala.org.
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rabushfoundation.org.
Booth
LC Booth Schedule # 2856
ALA Annual New Orleans
June 24 – 27, 2011
Monday, June 27
9:00 Catching Glimpses of the Future of Libraries / a webcast
from the Library of Congress
a.m. 10:00 Dealing with RDA: Questions & Answers
10:30 Getting the Most Out of RDA with Cat Desktop
11:00 The Library of Congress for Teachers
11:30 Getting the Most Out of Class Web
12:00 Africana Collections at LC: Presidential Ephemera
12:30 Jonathan Franzen / a webcast from the Library of Congress
p.m.
2010 National Book Festival
1:00 Modern Marvels: The Library of Congress / featured video
from the History Channel
www.loc.gov/ala
